Web 2.0 - perhaps we could start here?

I was really impressed with Western Springs history site shown at the Web Conference - just love the possibliies that you can have a photo of a house/street etc and then have people put their comments about the history etc. (It was a collaborative effort with the Historical society.) Also demonstrated on the day, was the Darebin Historical Encyclopedia - much more input and development seemed to have been done by library staff.

http://www.westernspringshistory.org/ - not via the library website
http://www.darebin-libraries.vic.gov.au/ - found it right down the bottom on the left

And today I saw in the local paper an article on Heritage Grants for Victoria. I thought that Bayside Library Service we could look at two areas - local govt. heritage studies and advice, or the community collections management.

http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/page.asp?ID=399

I think it would be great to think about this for the future. If it were done through a library initiative, it would be give great cred to the library service from the community AND the Council. That was Darebin's experience. (Imagine all that champagne at the launches!)